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ECB. 2016; 5(1): 37-39


THE EFFECT OF SOME ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS AND SERUM LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE ON KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS

Rana Kareem Al- Saady, Salah Mohammed Fizea.




Abstract

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disorder that ultimately results in the progressive destruction of articular
cartilage. The occurrence of knee osteoarthritis (OA) increases with obesity and is more common in women compared with men. Thirty
patients (20 females, 10 males) clinically diagnosed with knee OA admitted to Baghdad teaching hospital between January 2015-June 2015.
Patients between 35-70 year of age and 30 healthy subject (20 females, 10 males) ages matched. The results showed that increased body
mass index (BMI) is a well-recognized risk factor for knee osteoarthritis, and the effect of obesity is a stronger predictor of developing knee
OA symptoms in women than men. There was also a significant difference between lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) in serum patients and
control (p

Key words: osteoarthritis, LDH, obesity, BMI






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